Stove



Patented June 7, 1921.

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C. F. KULP.

STOVE,

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 2.1918.

C. F. KULP.

STOVE.

APPLlcATloN min JAN. 2. 191s,

Patented J une 7, 1921.

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CHARLES F. KUL?, orwELLsToN, MISSOURI.

STOVE.

Specification yof Letters Patent.

Patented June a, l1921.

Application led January 2, 1918.. Serial No. 209,913.

To all whom t may concern f `Be it known that I, CHARLES F. KULP, a citizen of the United States residing at IVellston, in the county of St. Louis and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stoves, of which the following is a specification.

My invention hasfor its obj ect to improve the general construction of stoves using oil as a fuel in connection wit-ha tubular wick and central draft burner for producing heat for cooking purposes, whereby the efliclency and usefulness are increased, smoking prevented, and a strong, :steady blue-white flame produced.

Another object of my invention is to provide an oil container or lamp body having a plurality of air inlet openings formed 1n the wallthereof, above the oil level of the oil chamber, to prevent the oil chamber from getting 'hot and generating gas which will cause the iiame to rise and smoke.

A still further object of my invention is to provide meansadapted to act as a stove top and further'produce the necessary draft through the burner 'and around the flame.

'For a full understanding of the merits and advantages of the invention, reference is to be hadto the accompanying drawings and the following specification.

Referring to the accompanying drawings wherein like characters denote similar parts throughout the several views:

Figure 1, is a sidey elevation of my improved oil stove constructed and 'assembled in accordance with my invention. Y

Fig. 2, is a plan view of the stove.`

Fig. 3, is a detail of a partof the stove, partly in section and partly in side elevation, embodying the essential features of the invention. f

Fig. 4, is a detail showing a part of the stove-top and draft creating means.

In carrying out the aim of my present invention, I employ a suitable tubularewick oil stove of the heating type and consisting of a support or housing 1, within which is carried an oilcontainer 2 having the central draft burner 3, the wick 4, and fiame spreader 5. The aforesaid parts may be yof any size, pattern, or construction according to the design of the heater, as will be readily understood hereinafter. n

The wall of the oil container 2 is provided with a plurality of air inlet openings or passages 6, above the cil level of the container.

This arrangement or construction of oil container permits the free circulation of air in the oil chamber thereof and aro-und the tubular lamp wick 4, thus preventing the oil container from getting hot and generating gas within the container. By eliminating the generation of gas within the oil container 2 the iiame is easily regulated to produce a steady blue-white flame without smoke and one which will not have the tendency to rise and smoke as most wick burning oil stoves do.

rIhe means for feeding oil to the oil 'container 2 consists of a suitable` pipe 7 supportedby the housing 1. One end of the pipe 7 extends into the oil container 2 and the opposite end thereof is provided with a suitable funnel shaped member 8. VAn oil supply tank 9 is supported by means'of a bracket 10, above the funnel shaped member 8. 4An oil outlet pipe V11Y is fixed to the bottom of the tank 9.and provided with a suitable valve 12 for controlling the flow of oil from thetank 9 into the funnelshaped member 8. One can readily ascertain the amount of oil in the oil container 2 by observingthe level of the oil in the funnel I shaped member 8, as is manifest.

The housing 1 is provided with suitable supporting legs and a hinged cover 13 havstove top is employed consisting of the bot Y ing the collar. 14 encircling the opening. 13 v tom 15, the top 16 and the side walls 17 f forming a shallow horizontally disposed draft chamber 18 therein. The bottom 15 of the pan-like member is provided with a circular collar 19 and adapted tofit over the collar 14, of the cover 13, to positively position the pan-like. member upon the housing 1. The bottom 15 is provided with a flame opening 20- concentric with the collar 19 and with the flame-spreader.

The top 16 is provided with a utensil receiving opening 21 which opening is concentrically disposed above the flame opening 20. Cover and utensil stops 22 are fixed to dthe top. 16, as clearly shown in Figs. 2 an 3. Y

A plurality of air inlet openings 23 are i a horse-shoe around` the opening 20, as clearly shown in Fig. 4.

The top 16 of the pan-likememberfisl 'pro-V vided With an opening 24 and a surrounding collar 25. A draft pipe 26 of any suitable height is adapted t0 fit over the collar 25 and be supported thereby. This pipe 26 is butl a short pipe and need not be connected With` a` chimney flue. When desired to be connected With a chimney flue, it is not directlyconnected therewith but the pipe 26 is adapted to only enter an inverted funnel at` the end of the pipe connected With thefflue so that too much draft Will not be producedl through burner and pan like member. The

pan-like member, it will be understood acts'v The many advantages of a stove of this' character Will readily suggest themselves to those skilled in the artv to which it appertains.

The exact construction shown is not essential to the invention and the improvement is susceptible of various minor changes in the form, proportion, and in the various details of construction without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advan-y tages thereof, hence I reservethe .right to make any such changes or modiicationsas may fall Within the scope ofthe appended claims when fairly construed.

What I claim is:

1. In combination, an oil stove having the fuel container provided With a plurality of air inlet passages arranged just above'l the fuel level, a collar arranged concentric with the burner ofthe st0ve,.a utensil supporting panlike stove top, as clearly shown.

housing having both ends closed and provided in its top plate with a utensil opening over the burner ofthe stove and provided With a flue opening at the extreme end of the housing, a collar depending from one end of the housing for telescopic connection with the collar of the stove for supporting one end of the housing upon the stove, the bottom plate of said housing being provided With a multiplicity of concentrically' ar.- ranged draft openings adjacent the upper end of the depending collar of the housingpartlyl surrounding the collar and disposed in Va substantial plane `With the top of theV burner Within the collar, a support for the opposite end of the-housingand` a draft pipe extending upwardly from the flue opening of the housing. j

2. Incombinatioman oil stove having the fuel container provided With a plurality of air inlet passages4` arranged just above the fuel level, a collar arranged concentric With. the'burner of the stove, a utensil supporting housing having both ends closed and provided in itstop plate with autensil'opening over the burner 0f the stove and providedA with a. flue `opening at the opposite extreme end of the housing, ak collar depending from` one end of the housing for telescopic connection with the'collar of thestove for supporting one-end of the housing. upon j the stove, the bottom plate of said housing being provided With a multiplicity of concentrically arranged draft openings adjacent the upper end of the depending collar of the housing partly surrounding the collar and disposed in a substantial plane With the top of the burner -Within the col-lar, a support for the opposite 'end of the housing, a draft pipe extending upwardly from the flue opening of the housing, a liquid fuel pipe extending into the fuel container below the air inlet passages, a fuel reservoir fixed' to the ,outer end ofthe fuel pipe and means for supplying said reservoir with liquid fuel from Where it is'conducted t0 the fuel tainer of the stove.

In-testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed myV name to the'specication.

CHARLES F. KULP.

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